C reating Sounds that box for the setting to be accepted. That's our first envelope. What it will do is increase Op 1's amplitude over 0.35 s until it reaches the max value that we set previously. This means that one of our higher frequency components will fade in reasonably quickly once we hit a note. This is where Op 4 comes in. Figure 3a From the waveform drop down (the down pointing grey arrow) I've chosen "Peak Ramp". It's a fairly mellow sound that complements the tones we've already created. I've also dropped it down by an octave to add some "oomph" to the overall sound. This is not, however, the end of the story. To spice up our sound a little it is time to turn to FMMF's envelopes. Figure Firstly we'll deal with Op 1's envelope. So that we can hear what is happening properly reduce the amplitude of Ops 2 & 4 (Figure 3a). Now all we're hearing is how Op 1 affects Op 3. By default FMMF has quite short envelope times, to lengthen them you'll need to click and drag to the right on the small box in the bottom right hand corner of the envelope window. It's a small target and you made need to, depending on your screen size, click and drag a couple of times to get the total time up to around 740 ms. As you increase the length of the envelope the Attack portion (or stage) of the envelope, the first section, will shrink. To increase it click the black area of the stage and then click the number in the box labelled "stage" at the bottom of the window. Type "350" in the text box that appears and then click away from
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For Op 2 (Figure 3b) we want a long release time but a very short attack time. In total we also want the envelope to last for the same amount of time as Op 1's. So, again, drag the right hand, lower corner of the envelope out to about 740 ms but this time leave the attack stage alone. We